A new report uncovers alarming trends in air quality across the United States, affecting millions of lives.
that a majority of the 7 million trees in New York City are emitting “volatile compounds” that do more harm than good for our air quality — especially during scorching heat., an atmospheric chemist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. “But if we’re not careful, we could make air quality worse.
And, if NYC continues its usual planting of those style trees, isoprene levels in Manhattan will surge about 140% with a 30% boost in ozone.Oak trees, which already let out 800 times more isoprene than maples, emit in especially high volume when the city reaches boiling temperatures in the high 90s as well. They make up 37% of city trees while the sweetgums consist of 17%.
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